Declaration and Fiscal Compliance

Duties and taxes associated with the importing of goods is a critical element of the supply chain compliance responsibility and cost. While responsibility and roles are shared between the purchasing company, supplier, broker and government - customs declarations involve the highest degree of transparency over the exact nature of the commodity entering the country, its value and where it was made. With this information in hand, in addition to the requisite commercial and licensing documentation, the trading community can meet the entry process requirements through a variety of methods such as: direct entry, in-bond, free trade zone, as well as, addressing the re-exporting of goods and recovery of duties paid.

Descartes is unique in the market in that it offers Canadian, American, and key European Union solutions to fully manage the customs declaration and fiscal compliance processes, including:

Entry process including the starting of entries based on commercial data integrated to our systems from our customers or their suppliers;